Lever vs. SAP SuccessFactors HCM

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Lever
Score 9.2 out of 10
N/A
Lever is a Talent Acquisition Suite designed to help talent teams to reach their hiring goals and to connect companies with top talent. Lever provides ATS and applicant CRM capabilities, in LeverTRM. The Lever Hire and Lever Nurture features allow leaders to grow their people pipeline, build long-lasting relationships, and source the right people. Lever Analytics provides customized reports with data visualization, see offers completed and interview feedback, and it informs strategic decisions…N/A
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
Score 8.4 out of 10
N/A
SAP SuccessFactors is a suite of HR/HCM products covering these capability areas: core HR and payroll, recruiting and onboarding, learning and development, performance and compensation management, workforce analytics and planning, and employee experience management.
$75.60
per year per user (Up to 100 Employees)
Pricing
LeverSAP SuccessFactors HCM
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
No answers on this topic
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
LeverSAP SuccessFactors HCM
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional Details
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
LeverSAP SuccessFactors HCM
Considered Both Products
Lever

No answer on this topic

SAP SuccessFactors HCM
Chose SAP SuccessFactors HCM
Lever is mainly an applicant tracking system but it is way easier to use, faster, and more visually appealing compared to SAP SuccessFactors. There are also lots of small features like email templates and "@" for a colleague that is not in SAP SuccessFactors.
Chose SAP SuccessFactors HCM
In my opinon, More robust and deeper, but less progressive hurting edge features.
Features
LeverSAP SuccessFactors HCM
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Product A and Product B
Lever
9.1
34 Ratings
14% above category average
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
4.2
508 Ratings
59% below category average
Job Requisition Management9.231 Ratings7.9484 Ratings
Company Website Posting9.231 Ratings7.8461 Ratings
Publish to Social Media9.221 Ratings7.8401 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting9.223 Ratings7.7442 Ratings
Customized Application Form9.229 Ratings00 Ratings
Resume Management9.232 Ratings00 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention9.230 Ratings7.5412 Ratings
Candidate Search9.233 Ratings00 Ratings
Applicant Tracking9.232 Ratings7.9465 Ratings
Collaboration9.232 Ratings00 Ratings
Task Creation and Delegation9.222 Ratings00 Ratings
Email Templates8.628 Ratings00 Ratings
User Permissions8.631 Ratings00 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts9.232 Ratings7.9468 Ratings
Reporting9.230 Ratings00 Ratings
Human Resource Management
Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Product A and Product B
Lever
-
Ratings
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.0
768 Ratings
1% below category average
Employee demographic data00 Ratings8.3678 Ratings
Employment history00 Ratings8.1691 Ratings
Job profiles and administration00 Ratings7.8665 Ratings
Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.00 Ratings8.0630 Ratings
Organizational charting00 Ratings8.1702 Ratings
Organization and location management00 Ratings8.0631 Ratings
Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)00 Ratings7.7395 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
Lever
-
Ratings
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
7.8
436 Ratings
4% below category average
Pay calculation00 Ratings8.1330 Ratings
Support for external payroll vendors00 Ratings7.4294 Ratings
Off-cycle/On-Demand payment00 Ratings7.7293 Ratings
Benefit plan administration00 Ratings7.6279 Ratings
Direct deposit files00 Ratings7.8278 Ratings
Salary revision and increment management00 Ratings8.0355 Ratings
Reimbursement management00 Ratings7.7252 Ratings
Leave and Attendance Management
Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Product A and Product B
Lever
-
Ratings
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.2
435 Ratings
0% above category average
Approval workflow00 Ratings8.4431 Ratings
Balance details00 Ratings8.1367 Ratings
Annual carry-forward and encashment00 Ratings8.0325 Ratings
Employee Self Service
Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Product A and Product B
Lever
-
Ratings
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.3
615 Ratings
1% above category average
View and generate pay and benefit information00 Ratings8.4462 Ratings
Update personal information00 Ratings8.7598 Ratings
View company policy documentation00 Ratings8.0399 Ratings
Employee recognition00 Ratings7.8369 Ratings
View job history00 Ratings8.4574 Ratings
Asset Management
Comparison of Asset Management features of Product A and Product B
Lever
-
Ratings
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.4
3 Ratings
5% above category average
Tracking of all physical assets00 Ratings8.43 Ratings
HR Reporting
Comparison of HR Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Lever
-
Ratings
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
7.0
600 Ratings
8% below category average
Report builder00 Ratings7.2574 Ratings
Pre-built reports00 Ratings7.0544 Ratings
Ability to combine HR data with external data00 Ratings6.7449 Ratings
Onboarding
Comparison of Onboarding features of Product A and Product B
Lever
-
Ratings
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.0
485 Ratings
0% above category average
New hire portal00 Ratings7.7471 Ratings
Manager tracking tools00 Ratings7.7441 Ratings
Performance and Goals
Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Product A and Product B
Lever
-
Ratings
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.4
600 Ratings
4% above category average
Corporate goal setting00 Ratings8.2537 Ratings
Individual goal setting00 Ratings8.3593 Ratings
Line-of sight-visibility00 Ratings8.0481 Ratings
Performance tracking00 Ratings8.0558 Ratings
Performance Management
Comparison of Performance Management features of Product A and Product B
Lever
-
Ratings
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.2
633 Ratings
4% above category average
Performance plans00 Ratings8.1607 Ratings
Performance improvement plans00 Ratings8.0519 Ratings
Review status tracking00 Ratings8.0573 Ratings
Review reminders00 Ratings7.9569 Ratings
Multiple review frequency00 Ratings8.1467 Ratings
Succession Planning
Comparison of Succession Planning features of Product A and Product B
Lever
-
Ratings
SAP SuccessFactors HCM
8.0
431 Ratings
3% above category average
Create succession plans/pools00 Ratings8.1398 Ratings
Candidate ranking00 Ratings8.0377 Ratings
Candidate search00 Ratings8.0384 Ratings
Candidate development00 Ratings8.0363 Ratings
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User Ratings
LeverSAP SuccessFactors HCM
Likelihood to Recommend
9.2
(35 ratings)
8.4
(783 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
8.7
(53 ratings)
Usability
10.0
(2 ratings)
8.0
(305 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
8.7
(7 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
7.8
(7 ratings)
Support Rating
1.1
(5 ratings)
5.4
(30 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(2 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
4.7
(5 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
6.5
(15 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
5.2
(7 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
-
(0 ratings)
2.9
(4 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
6.9
(420 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
7.8
(7 ratings)
Professional Services
-
(0 ratings)
6.1
(5 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
5.5
(6 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
4.6
(6 ratings)
User Testimonials
LeverSAP SuccessFactors HCM
Likelihood to Recommend
Employ Inc.
I think Lever is great for any sized company, but especially strong for smaller, growing teams. It's a very simple system, but clean, sleek, and very useful in any scenario. They have great support whenever you need it so those with smaller HR or People teams could easily benefit from their help. Can't think of too many scenarios where Lever wouldn't be well-suited, but maybe once you grow to International growth and hiring, it may be better to have a more Enterprise style business, set up for larger scaling.
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SAP
It is a strong system that pays off once it's fully tailored to your organization. If your company has well-defined HR processes, SuccessFactors will likely integrate seamlessly. We've automated processes that previously required departments to spend weeks on back-and-forth emails. We've partnered with Capgemini to fully suck out the most out of its technical customization.
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Pros
Employ Inc.
  • Great integration: Keeps a list of Outlook email communication along with LinkedIn and other data sources
  • Is fairly lively, not too much lag between screens even though it is looking through a lot of data.
  • Has excellent reporting on how well each email message is working.
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SAP
  • The product is straightforward to use. The product allows instant edits if a mistake is made and is very helpful in keeping track of individual employee working hours.
  • Use of the platform ensures that your business is connected to a global workforce experience powered by modern HR technologies and AI.
  • Implementation of the software ensures an excellent workforce experience and accelerates overall business performance.
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Cons
Employ Inc.
  • [In my experience,] terrible customer support - pay more to get less...
  • Integrations are spotty and can break without reason
  • Lever has so much potential, but their Roadmap is lacking in ways that will really help customers succeed
  • Focuses on the number of candidates and not the company's need to build talent in a cost effective, data driven and collaborative way
  • Overpromised and underdelivered in [the] capability of the tool. [I believe that you should] not trust your sales team.
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SAP
  • I think just overall the configuration can be a little bit hard on the backend user, like myself, knowing which screens to go to. Better documentation on how we configure things would be a great resource for employees in the HR field that are making those backend changes.
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Likelihood to Renew
Employ Inc.
No answers on this topic
SAP
It is the product that the Business is fully committed to for co-ordinately HR processes. Employee and Manage Self-Service has allow our business to reduce the overheads in our HR operating mode. The integration with 3rd party products is now in place and further developments will only increase its importance. SuccessFactors provide regular enhancements and has a support model in line with our business requirements.
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Usability
Employ Inc.
It isn't difficult to use for the applicant processing, but [I feel] if you want to pull reports or use their tools, good luck!
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SAP
Generally works as it needs to but there is room for improvement. Notifications are an example where they come from different places whereas they should be centralised and standardised. We would love to have time management and award interpretation in SAP SuccessFactors HCM instead of a third party system however the lack of rostering functionality makes this unusable
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Reliability and Availability
Employ Inc.
No answers on this topic
SAP
Until now we have not had serious availability problems with SuccessFactors, we had Microsoft Active Directory and SSO with ADFS and we had availability problems but because of problems with ADFS, we migrated to Azure AD and with that the availability problems of SuccessFactors because of ADFS went away. The only windows of unavailability that we have had are those that we are communicated to do maintenance and upgrades.
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Performance
Employ Inc.
No answers on this topic
SAP
The performance is very good, the truth is that we have not had serious performance problems, some complex reports may take a little longer, but considering the complexity and the amount of records it is an acceptable time. We have never received a complaint from users regarding page loading speed.
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Support Rating
Employ Inc.
What support? - Add a ticket and get links to [I believe] their unhelpful user guide. Add a charge if you want better support - afterward just got those links faster...
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SAP
SAP SuccessFactors has been a easy to implement tool with low risks for a sensitive thing like employee feedback. It provides powerful performance in the backend functionalities, and at the same time a great look and feel for the employees. Totally recommended.
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In-Person Training
Employ Inc.
No answers on this topic
SAP
The in-person training was with a consultancy, we have taken several courses, all very specific. They have been reports in ecp, general configuration of ec, reports and IAS
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Online Training
Employ Inc.
No answers on this topic
SAP
We use SAP Learning, and we like it very much, the topics are updated along with the products, we have access to the SFX customer certifications and we have done them all, in general the SAP learning platform is very good and complete.
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Implementation Rating
Employ Inc.
No answers on this topic
SAP
As we were new with all this, we would greatly appreciate if we had assitance directly from SAP so we can implement the modules with all of its features and best practices. Unfortunately, we notice that the partner left some thing incomplete.
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Alternatives Considered
Employ Inc.
Lever is comparable to Greenhouse in its basic recruiting functions. I have found it to be WAY better than Bullhorn (clunky and overly-complicated with a very dated and non-intuitive interface) and Jazz HR (slick and pretty, but limited in its functions). The best ATS I've used is the proprietary tool at Meta, but alas, that tool is for internal use only
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SAP
SAP SuccessFactors is a very user-friendly application, it stacks up very well against competition, such as Oracle PeopleSoft HCM. We selected SAP SuccessFactors because we are already using a lot of other SAP solutions, such as SAP S/4 HANA and SAP Business Technology Platform. It allows us to have single-sign on and one vendor with multiple solutions.
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
Employ Inc.
No answers on this topic
SAP
Not applicable.
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Scalability
Employ Inc.
No answers on this topic
SAP
The scalability and flexibility of SuccessFactors is unbeatable. It is very easy to scale the product to new countries and areas, and with the help of CPI it can be easily integrated.
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Professional Services
Employ Inc.
No answers on this topic
SAP
Once time we need to change the datacenter and we made this with the professional services from SAP... everything goes just fine. excelent service.
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Return on Investment
Employ Inc.
  • Lever provides an enormous ROI by getting us in front of the right candidates that are going to make us more money and more successful as an org.
  • I think that both the quality and quantity of new hires has gone up ever since we started using lever and involving the entire org in the process.
  • It also saves us a lot of time because we don't need to send referrals via email, while saving/attaching resumes and such.
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SAP
  • It helps better in the tedious task of job posting, it's automated to social handles.
  • Better performance in speed, UI, performance management, skill management, talent onboarding, and finding candidates in the talent pool.
  • Reduces most of the cost in HR operations and future-proof technology with continuous improvement.
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ScreenShots

Lever Screenshots

Screenshot of where to identify the top origin and sources of candidates in all stages, the Offer stage, and the Hired stage.

SAP SuccessFactors HCM Screenshots

Screenshot of how to navigate to all SAP SuccessFactors solution modules and complete tasks using natural language—thanks to Joule, the AI copilot with generative AI.Screenshot of where to acquire future-ready skills by sourcing, engaging, and hiring top talent, as well as save time evaluating candidates and match skills to roles more efficiently with AI-powered applicant screening.Screenshot of some of the metrics that empower HR professionals, analysts, and business partners to answer questions about a workforce, or that influence business decisions with data-driven insights and an evidence-based approach to HR.Screenshot of the mobile interface, which also helps automate processes to improve employee and manager self-service, and strengthen compliance.Screenshot of